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Change Your Story, Change Your Life

We pick up a lot of programming in life, often without realizing or understanding it as such, especially in our malleable early

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The Importance of Being a Good Follower

Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Company’s president & CEO, arrived at Ford from Boeing three and a half years ago. An engineer by

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30 Methods of Influence: #7 Focus on the Circle of Influence

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 7. Focus on the circle of influence. As we focus on doing something positive

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A Driving Fear of Failure

“Early on in my career, I recognized that I was not always the smartest individual in the groups I worked in, but

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Personal Power vs. Positional Power

A Classic From the NSCBlog Archive Originally posted January 2008 Power may be thought of as either positional or personal. Positional power

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Entrepreneurship: Can It Be Taught?

Entrepreneurship programs are in vogue at universities nationwide, so in academia, at least, the answer must be a resounding yes. One school

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Why Not Us?

Someone has to win. Someone will stand at the top of the podium and receive the gold medal. Why not us? Why

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30 Methods of Influence: #6 Keep the Promises You Make to Others

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 6. Keep the promises you make to others. By making and keeping our resolves

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Victim No More: Turning Weakness into Strengths

Temple Grandin, “easily the most famous female autistic woman in the world” (The Wall Street Journal, “Life Among the ‘Yakkity Yaks,’” February

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360-Degree Feedback

A Classic Post from the NSCBlog Archive Originally posted on February 1, 2008 I recently asked a ten-year+ Team Member to complete

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Business Has a Noble Purpose

I have spent my life in business. It is something I love and in general respect. I bemoan the way Wall Street

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5 Sentences Please: The Concise Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and a former Apple fellow, author, and entrepreneur who has opined on the lack